The McDavid surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,092 people carried this name — #10,413 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 95,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,996 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McDavid surname

Partially translated form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Daibhéid (“son of David”). By surface analysis, Mc- + David.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McDavid» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McDavid in American newspapers,
1894–1929.

Newspaper page from Asheville Daily Citizen carrying the name McDavid
Asheville Daily Citizen 1894-08-24
Newspaper page from French Broad Hustler carrying the name McDavid
French Broad Hustler 1919-02-20
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name McDavid
The Milwaukee Leader 1929-06-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,984 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McDavid in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

202 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McDavid. The most, 44, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 87
Victoria 62
South Australia 15
Western Australia 15
Queensland 14
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McDavid.

Who carried it

People named McDavid,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edmund R. McDavid
    Edmund R. McDavid 1870–1948 · insurance broker
  • Mittie Owen McDavid
    Mittie Owen McDavid 1873–1948 · artist
  • Herbert McDavid 1898–1966 · businessperson
  • Raven I. McDavid, Jr. 1911–1984 · linguist
  • Robert P. McDavid 1867–1915
  • Joel Duncan McDavid 1916–2003 · presbyter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McDavid,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States192 records

192 records of the McDavid name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 110
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 24
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Emmett McDavid

    Born 1929; from Shelby County, Tennessee. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Willie L. McDavid

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; porter from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary McDavid

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Oregon from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 192 records for McDavid in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia19 records

19 records of the McDavid name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Darby McDavid

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Calcutta, arriving 1837; ticket of leave 1846.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Dennis McDavid

    Arrived in Victoria in 1861 aboard the Oxenbridge, aged 27; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Manus McDavid

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Queen of the Netherlands, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 19 records for McDavid in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada11 records

11 records of the McDavid name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Melbourne Price McDavid

    Buried in 1980 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Maxwell McDavid

    Died 1972 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Lloyd George McDavid

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 11 records for McDavid in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the McDavid name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. McDavid

    Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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